2.x

[ryangjchandler]

I'm currently working on version 2.x of Orbit. 1.x hasn't been out for long, but there are lots of improvements I want to make.

Improve ergonomics

A lot of customisation right now takes place in individual methods on the model, i.e. changing the driver etc. My goal is to unify this all into a single method, similar to Spatie packages where you use an "options" object to configure your Orbital.

Better performance

The performance of Orbit on larger datasets could be problematic. Right now, a single file change will cause the entire model cache to be updated and rewritten. This is unnecessary, a better way would be only updating the files that are newer than the cache itself.

Better driver API

The driver API is weird now. Internally we use Laravel's manager class, but that's unnecessary. I'm going to be refining the API a lot to make it really simple to create custom drivers. This would make it really easy to create drivers for new file formats like CSV files, etc.

Your suggestions

I'm looking for other ideas too. The list so far would make a 2.x release worthwhile in my opinion, but the more features the merrier!

[johncarter-]

Many to many relationships - could that be a thing? Already possible 👌.

[ryangjchandler]

@JohnCarter I think it's technically possible now, but requires a custom pivot model... can't confirm for sure, since I haven't tried it myself.

[johncarter-]

Interesting. Ill have a look into it.